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Michael J. Felton

Examiner (ID: 9408, Phone: (571)272-4805 , Office: P/1747 )

Most Active Art Unit
1747
Art Unit(s)
1747, 1731, 1791
Total Applications
756
Issued Applications
403
Pending Applications
86
Abandoned Applications
283

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/180663
Image processing device and a method for image enhancement Feb 18, 2021 Issued
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17/177595
Generating refined alpha mattes utilizing guidance masks and a progressive refinement network Feb 16, 2021 Issued
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18/264120
LEARNING APPARATUS, MOVING IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS, METHOD OF GENERATING LEARNED MODEL, MOVING IMAGE GENERATING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Feb 14, 2021 Pending
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18/274012
Wireless communication system and wireless communication method Feb 11, 2021 Issued
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17/248898
Visual positioning method and apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium Feb 11, 2021 Issued
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17/170949
Testing method for optical communication module, and test device Feb 8, 2021 Issued
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17/915488
Method and device for removing handwritten content from text image, and storage medium Feb 8, 2021 Issued
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17/171131
Optical wireless transmission system Feb 8, 2021 Issued
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18/275484
Symbol constellation generation apparatus, control method, and computer-readable storage medium Feb 7, 2021 Issued
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17/168657
Enhanced color reproduction for upscaling Feb 4, 2021 Issued
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18/274266
Communication apparatus and communication method Feb 3, 2021 Issued
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17/168106
Local tone mapping for HDR video Feb 3, 2021 Issued
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17/797635
Communication control method and communication control apparatus Feb 3, 2021 Issued
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17/911641
Image processing device and image processing method for determining activity of a plant based on a camera image Feb 2, 2021 Issued
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17/161344
Confidence-based segmentation of multiple units Jan 27, 2021 Issued
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17/794703
OPTICAL SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE Jan 20, 2021 Pending
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17/794021
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORAGE AND COMMUNICATION OF ON-BOARD COMMERCIAL VEHICLE DATA Jan 19, 2021 Abandoned
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17/151939
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING DISPARITY MAP Jan 18, 2021 Abandoned
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18/271572
Optical transport system, orchestrator, control method, and storage medium of control program Jan 11, 2021 Issued
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17/146775
Systems, methods and devices for automated target volume generation Jan 11, 2021 Issued
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